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7053 | Cannon | Canon}}
A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder ("black powder") was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder during the late 19th century. Cannons vary in gauge, effective range, mobili... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.327292 |
7056 | Computer mouse | A computer mouse (plural mice, also mouses) Mice originally used two separate wheels to directly track movement across a surface: one in the x-dimension and one in the Y. Later, the standard design shifted to use a ball rolling on a surface to detect motion, in turn connected to internal rollers. Most modern mice use o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_mouse | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.431002 |
7059 | Civil defense | and to be used as a protective sign]]
Civil defense or civil protection is an effort to protect the citizens of a state (generally non-combatants) from human-made and natural disasters. It uses the principles of emergency management: prevention, mitigation, preparation, response, or emergency evacuation and recovery. P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_defense | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.454157 |
7060 | Chymotrypsin | Chymotrypsin (, chymotrypsins A and B, alpha-chymar ophth, avazyme, chymar, chymotest, enzeon, quimar, quimotrase, alpha-chymar, alpha-chymotrypsin A, alpha-chymotrypsin) is a digestive enzyme component of pancreatic juice acting in the duodenum, where it performs proteolysis, the breakdown of proteins and polypeptides... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chymotrypsin | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.491049 |
7061 | Community emergency response team | In the United States, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) can refer to
an implementation of FEMA's National CERT Program, administered by a local sponsoring agency, which provides a standardized training and implementation framework to community members;
an organization of volunteer emergency workers who have re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_emergency_response_team | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.513897 |
7063 | Catapult | , a type of catapult]]
A catapult is a ballistic device used to launch a projectile at a great distance without the aid of gunpowder or other propellants – particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines. A catapult uses the sudden release of stored potential energy to propel its payload. Most convert... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catapult | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.549963 |
7066 | Cinquain | Cinquain is a class of poetic forms that employ a 5-line pattern. Earlier used to describe any five-line form, it now refers to one of several forms that are defined by specific rules and guidelines.
American cinquain
The modern form, known as American cinquain is inspired by Japanese haiku and tanka and is akin in sp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinquain | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.559928 |
7067 | Cook Islands | Cook Island}}
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|}}
| image_flag = Flag of the Cook Islands.svg
| image_coat = Coat of arms of the Cook Islands.svg
| flag = Flag of the Cook Islands
| flag_type = Flag
| symbol = Coat of arms of the Cook Islands
| symbol_type = Coat of arms
| national_anthem Te Atua Mou Ē<br />"God is Truth"<br /><div style"display:... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.618264 |
7068 | History of the Cook Islands | <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see WP:SDNONE -->
(c. 1837)]]
The Cook Islands are named after Captain James Cook, who visited the islands in 1773 and 1777, although Spanish navigator Alvaro de Mendaña was the first European to reach the islands in 1595. The Cook Islands became al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Cook_Islands | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.635481 |
7069 | Geography of the Cook Islands | thumb|300px|Map showing the two chains of the Cook Islands
The Cook Islands can be divided into two groups: the Southern Cook Islands and the Northern Cook Islands. The country is located in Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand.
From December through to March, the Cook Is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_the_Cook_Islands | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.676185 |
7070 | Demographics of the Cook Islands | <!-- "none" is a legitimate description when the title is already adequate; see WP:SDNONE -->
Demographic features of the population of the Cook Islands include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Populatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Cook_Islands | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.728552 |
7071 | Politics of the Cook Islands | <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see WP:SDNONE -->
The politics of the Cook Islands takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democracy within a constitutional monarchy. The Monarch of New Zealand, represented in the Cook Islands by the King or Queen's Representat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_Cook_Islands | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.753999 |
7072 | Economy of the Cook Islands | The economy of the Cook Islands is based mainly on tourism, with minor exports made up of tropical and citrus fruit. Manufacturing activities are limited to fruit-processing, clothing and handicrafts.
As in many other South Pacific nations, the Cook Islands's economy is hindered by the country's isolation from foreign... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Cook_Islands | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.765252 |
7073 | Telecommunications in the Cook Islands | thumb|Logo of Telecom Cook Islands
Like most countries and territories in Oceania, telecommunications in the Cook Islands is limited by its isolation and low population,
Telephone
In July 2012, there were about 7,500 main line telephones, which covers about 98% of the country's population. There were approximately 7,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_the_Cook_Islands | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.792131 |
7074 | Transport in the Cook Islands | This article lists transport in the Cook Islands.
Road transport
thumb|Avarua Roundabout, one of only two on Rarotonga
The Cook Islands uses left-handed traffic. The maximum speed limit is 50 km/h.
Road safety is poor. In 2011, the Cook Islands had the second-highest per-capita road deaths in the world. In 2018, cras... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_the_Cook_Islands | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.807684 |
7077 | Computer file | A computer file is a resource for recording data on a computer storage device, primarily identified by its filename. Just as words can be written on paper, so too can data be written to a computer file. Files can be shared with and transferred between computers and mobile devices via removable media, networks, or the I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_file | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.864782 |
7079 | CID | CID may refer to:
Film
Several Indian films have the mention of Criminal Investigation Department (as C.I.D.) in their title:
C.I.D. (1955 film), an Indian Malayalam film
C.I.D. (1956 film), an Indian Hindi film
C. I. D. (1965 film), an Indian Telugu film
C.I.D. (1990 film), an Indian Hindi film
CID 999, an India... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CID | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.873291 |
7080 | Christian Doppler | | birth_place = Salzburg, Electorate of Salzburg, Holy Roman Empire
| death_date
| death_place = Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire
| known_for = Postulating the Doppler effect (1842)
| spouse =
| children = 5
| fields =
| academic_advisors | notable_students Gregor Mendel
| alma_mater =
| work_in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Doppler | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.881125 |
7081 | Clerihew | A clerihew () is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem of a type invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. The first line is the name of the poem's subject, usually a famous person, and the remainder puts the subject in an absurd light or reveals something unknown or spurious about the subject. The rhyme scheme is AABB, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerihew | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.888156 |
7085 | Civil war | during the Finnish Civil War of 1918]]
after a raid by German aircraft on 31 May 1938 during the Spanish Civil War]]
A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to chan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_war | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.914869 |
7088 | List of cryptographers | This is a list of cryptographers. Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties called adversaries.
Pre twentieth century
Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi: wrote a (now lost) book on cryptography titled the "Book of Cryptographic Messages".
Al-Kindi, 9t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptographers | 2025-04-05T18:28:03.931879 |
7089 | Chocolate | Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cocoa beans that can be a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring in other foods. The cacao tree has been used as a source of food for at least 5,300 years, starting with the Mayo-Chinchipe culture in what is present-day Ecuador. Later, Mesoamerican ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.067877 |
7100 | Cornet | | background = brass
| classification =
| hornbostel_sachs = 423.232
| hornbostel_sachs_desc = Valved aerophone sounded by lip vibration
| developed=Early 19th century from the post horn
| range=Written range:
(lower and higher notes are possible)
| related =
| articles =
}}
The cornet (, ) is a brass instrument sim... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornet | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.096325 |
7102 | CAMP | CAMP, cAMP or camP may stand for:
CAMP:
Cathelicidin, or Cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide
Campaign Against Marijuana Planting
CAMP, part of the Prague Institute of Planning and Development
Central Atlantic magmatic province
CAMP (company), an Italian manufacturer of climbing equipment
CAMP (studio), a media studio i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAMP | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.099320 |
7103 | CGMP | CGMP is an initialism. It can refer to:
cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)
current good manufacturing practice (cGMP)
CGMP, Cisco Group Management Protocol, the Cisco version of Internet Group Management Protocol snooping
caseinoglycomacropeptide (CGMP) or caseinomacropeptide; see K-casein
Competitive guaranteed ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGMP | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.101573 |
7104 | Cotton Mather | | image = Cotton Mather.jpg
| caption = Mather,
| birth_date = February 12, 1663
| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
| death_date = February 13, 1728 (aged 65)
| death_place = Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
| resting_place = Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston
| education = Harvard College (AB, 1678... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Mather | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.138384 |
7105 | Cordwainer Smith | | birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
| occupation =
| education = PhD in political science
| alma_mater = Johns Hopkins University
| period = 1937–1965
| genre = Science fiction
| subject = East Asia political science, psychological warfare
| movement | n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordwainer_Smith | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.158233 |
7110 | CSS (disambiguation) | CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, is a language used to describe the style of document presentations in web development.
CSS may also refer to:
Computing and telecommunications
Chirp spread spectrum, a modulation concept, part of the standard IEEE 802.15.4aCSS
Closed source software, software that is not distributed wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_(disambiguation) | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.171612 |
7118 | Churnsike Lodge | |coordinates
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Churnsike Lodge is an early Victorian hunting lodge situated in the parish of Greystead, west Northumberland, England. Constructed in 1850 by the Charlton family, descendants of the noted Border Reivers family of the English Middle March, the lodge formed part of the extensive Hesleyside estate, locat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churnsike_Lodge | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.180928 |
7119 | William Kidd | |image = William_Kidd.jpg
|caption= Portrait by James Thornhill
|nickname|type Pirate / Privateer
|birth_place Dundee, Kingdom of Scotland or Commonwealth of England
|death_place = Wapping, Kingdom of England
|death_cause = Execution by hanging
|allegiance= Kingdom of England, Province of New York
|relatives | servicey... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kidd | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.215806 |
7120 | Calreticulin | Calreticulin also known as calregulin, CRP55, CaBP3, calsequestrin-like protein, and endoplasmic reticulum resident protein 60 (ERp60) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CALR gene.
Calreticulin is a multifunctional soluble protein that binds Ca2+ ions (a second messenger in signal transduction), rendering t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calreticulin | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.254142 |
7122 | Crannog | thumb|A reconstructed crannog near Kenmore, Perth and Kinross, on Loch Tay, Scotland
A crannog (; ; ) is typically a partially or entirely artificial island, usually constructed in lakes, bogs and estuarine waters of Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Unlike the prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, which were built ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crannog | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.279532 |
7123 | Calendar date | }}
A calendar date is a reference to a particular day, represented within a calendar system, enabling a specific day to be unambiguously identified. Simple math can be performed between dates; commonly, the number of days between two dates may be calculated, e.g., "25 " is ten days after "15 ". The date of a particula... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_date | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.292489 |
7124 | Cist | thumb|Kistvaen on the southern edge of Dartmoor in Drizzlecombe (England) showing the capstone and the inner cist structure. thumb|Cist
In archeology, a cist (; also kist ;
from , Middle Welsh Kist or Germanic Kiste) or cist grave is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead. I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cist | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.302572 |
7125 | Center (group theory) | {| class="wikitable floatright"
|+ style="text-align: left;" | Cayley table for D<sub>4</sub> showing elements of the center, {e, a<sup>2</sup>}, commute with all other elements (this can be seen by noticing that all occurrences of a given center element are arranged symmetrically about the center diagonal or by notic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_(group_theory) | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.331501 |
7129 | Commonwealth of England | | after = Stuart Restoration (1660)
| leaders =
| Richard Cromwell }}
}}
The Commonwealth of England was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_England | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.344822 |
7131 | Charles Evers | | birth_place = Decatur, Mississippi, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place = Brandon, Mississippi, U.S.
| party = Democratic (before 1969)<br>Independent (1969–1978)<br>Republican (1978–2020)
| relations = Medgar Evers (brother)<br>Myrlie Evers-Williams (sister-in-law)
| spouse Christine Evers (annulled)<br>
| children =... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Evers | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.363269 |
7143 | Code-division multiple access | Code-division multiple access (CDMA) is a channel access method used by various radio communication technologies. CDMA is an example of multiple access, where several transmitters can send information simultaneously over a single communication channel. This allows several users to share a band of frequencies (see bandw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-division_multiple_access | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.382124 |
7144 | Internet filter | An Internet filter is software that restricts or controls the content an Internet user is capable to access, especially when utilized to restrict material delivered over the Internet via the Web, Email, or other means. Such restrictions can be applied at various levels: a government can attempt to apply them nationwide... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_filter | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.415229 |
7145 | Chambered cairn | thumb|Cross sections of Maeshowe
A chambered cairn is a burial monument, usually constructed during the Neolithic, consisting of a sizeable (usually stone) chamber around and over which a cairn of stones was constructed. Some chambered cairns are also passage-graves. They are found throughout Britain and Ireland, with ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambered_cairn | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.436657 |
7147 | Canadian whisky | thumb|upright=1.2|A variety of Canadian whiskies
Canadian whisky is a type of whisky produced in Canada. Most Canadian whiskies are blended multi-grain liquors containing a large percentage of corn spirits, and are typically lighter and smoother than other whisky styles. When Canadian distillers began adding small amo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_whisky | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.457709 |
7148 | Collective noun | In linguistics, a collective noun is a word referring to a collection of things taken as a whole. Most collective nouns in everyday speech are not specific to one kind of thing. For example, the collective noun "group" can be applied to people ("a group of people"), or dogs ("a group of dogs"), or objects ("a group of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_noun | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.498567 |
7158 | Carat (mass) | brilliant diamond
| standard | quantity
| symbol = ct
| symbol2 | namedafter
| extralabel | extradata
| units1 = milligrams
| inunits1 = 200
| units_imp1 = ounces
| inunits_imp1 = 0.00705
}}
The carat (ct) is a unit of mass equal to , which is used for measuring gemstones and pearls.
The current definition, sometim... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carat_(mass) | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.510240 |
7160 | European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations | | membership = 46 countries
| leader_title = Co-presidency
| leader_name = The Chairman of ECC, The Chairman of CERP and the Chairman of Com-ITU
| website =
}}
The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) was established on 26 June 1959 by nineteen European states in Montreux, Switze... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Conference_of_Postal_and_Telecommunications_Administrations | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.514468 |
7162 | Tramlink | | transit_type = Light rail using trams
| stations = 39
| ridership | annual_ridership 20.0 million (2023–24) 4.3%
| began_operation
| owner = Transport for London
| operator = FirstGroup
| vehicles =
| train_length | system_length
| track_gauge
| el
| minimum_radius_of_curvature | top_speed
| map_name | map
| m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramlink | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.561893 |
7163 | Catenary | , whose ends hang from two points, forms a catenary.]]
forms multiple elastic catenaries.]]
In physics and geometry, a catenary ( , ) is the curve that an idealized hanging chain or cable assumes under its own weight when supported only at its ends in a uniform gravitational field.
The catenary curve has a U-like sh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.595132 |
7164 | Color temperature | x,y chromaticity space, also showing the chromaticities of black-body light sources of various temperatures (Planckian locus), and lines of constant correlated color temperature]]
Color temperature is a parameter describing the color of a visible light source by comparing it to the color of light emitted by an idealiz... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_temperature | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.608704 |
7165 | Cartoon | .|alt=A cartoon shows a bearded man with a red bow tie holding the hat from Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat".]]
A cartoon is a type of visual art that is typically drawn, frequently animated, in an unrealistic or semi-realistic style. The specific meaning has evolved, but the modern usage usually refers to either: an i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.628344 |
7167 | Chief Minister of the Northern Territory | | reports_to = Parliament
| residence | seat Darwin, Northern Territory
| nominator | appointer Administrator of the Northern Territory
| appointer_qualified = <small>by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Legislative Assembly</small>
| termlength = At the Administrator's pleasure
| te... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_the_Northern_Territory | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.676393 |
7172 | Chemotherapy | Chemotherapy (journal)}}
Anti-Cancer Drugs|other uses of chemo|Chemo (disambiguation)}}
Chemotherapy (often abbreviated chemo, sometimes CTX and CTx) is the type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) in a standard regimen. Chemotherapy may be given w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotherapy | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.750769 |
7174 | Chinese historiography | }}
Chinese historiography is the study of the techniques and sources used by historians to develop the recorded history of China.
Overview of Chinese history
The recording of events in Chinese history dates back to the Shang dynasty ( 1600–1046 BC). Many written examples survive of ceremonial inscriptions, divinatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_historiography | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.774626 |
7175 | Chinese Communist Party | <br />}}
| native_name_lang = zh-Hans-CN
| abbreviation =
| founders =
and others}}
| 1st National Congress representatives:
| Henk Sneevliet
|
| Li Da
| Li Hanjun
| Zhang Guotao
|
| Mao Zedong
| He Shuheng
| Dong Biwu
| Chen Tanqiu
| Wang Jinmei
| Deng Enming
| Chen Gongbo
| Zhou Fohai
|
}}
| logo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.885324 |
7176 | Cryogenics | thumb|Nitrogen is a liquid under .
In physics, cryogenics is the production and behaviour of materials at very low temperatures.
The 13th International Institute of Refrigeration's (IIR) International Congress of Refrigeration (held in Washington, DC in 1971) endorsed a universal definition of "cryogenics" and "cryog... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryogenics | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.903263 |
7179 | Cary Elwes | | birth_place = Westminster, London, England
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1979–present
| alma_mater = Sarah Lawrence College
| spouse =
| children = 1
| parents = Dominick Elwes <br />Tessa Kennedy
| relatives = Cassian Elwes (brother)<br /> Damian Elwes (brother)
}}
Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (; born 26 October ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_Elwes | 2025-04-05T18:28:04.981517 |
7180 | Chris Sarandon | {{Infobox person
| name = Chris Sarandon
| image = Chris Sarandon by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption = Sarandon in 2019
| birth_name Christopher Sarandon His father, whose surname was originally "Sarondonethes", was born to Greek parents in Istanbul, Turkey.
Sarandon graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley. H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Sarandon | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.012323 |
7182 | Christopher Guest | }}
| birth_name = Christopher Haden-Guest
| birth_date
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| death_date | death_place
| education = Bard College<br>New York University (MFA)
| spouse =
| children = 2
| parents = Peter Haden-Guest, 4th Baron Haden-Guest (father)<br/>Jean Pauline Hindes (mother)
| relatives = Elissa H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Guest | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.065663 |
7183 | Carol Kane | | birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date | death_place
| occupation =
| years_active = 1966–present
}}
Carolyn Laurie Kane (born June 18, 1952 Her family is Jewish, and her grandparents emigrated from Russia, Austria, and Poland. Due to her father's occupation, Kane moved frequently as a child; she briefly l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Kane | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.146862 |
7184 | C*-algebra | In mathematics, specifically in functional analysis, a C∗-algebra (pronounced "C-star") is a Banach algebra together with an involution satisfying the properties of the adjoint. A particular case is that of a complex algebra A of continuous linear operators on a complex Hilbert space with two additional properties:
A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C*-algebra | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.174457 |
7185 | London Borough of Croydon | | coordinates_footnotes = <!-- for references: use making it the most populous London borough. It is the southernmost borough of London. At its centre is the town of Croydon, from which the borough takes its name, while other urban centres include Thornton Heath, Coulsdon, Purley, South Norwood, Norbury, New Addington,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Croydon | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.246283 |
7188 | Carme (moon) | | adjective Carmean
| named_after = Κάρμη Karmē
| mpc_name = Jupiter XI
| alt_names | discovery_ref
| surface_grav | escape_velocity
| rotation before then, it was simply known as . It was sometimes called "Pan" between 1955 and 1975 (Pan is now the name of a satellite of Saturn).
It gives its name to the Carm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carme_(moon) | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.255995 |
7193 | Commutator | Commutation}}
In mathematics, the commutator gives an indication of the extent to which a certain binary operation fails to be commutative. There are different definitions used in group theory and ring theory.
Group theory
The commutator of two elements, and , of a group , is the element
: .
This element is equal to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutator | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.269264 |
7196 | Cairn | , Switzerland.]]
on Knocknarea.]]
A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word cairn comes from the (plural ).
Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehistory, they were raised as markers, as memorials and as bu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairn | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.311840 |
7198 | Characteristic subgroup | In mathematics, particularly in the area of abstract algebra known as group theory, a characteristic subgroup is a subgroup that is mapped to itself by every automorphism of the parent group. Because every conjugation map is an inner automorphism, every characteristic subgroup is normal; though the converse is not guar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characteristic_subgroup | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.323351 |
7199 | List of cat breeds | Domestic cats have been diversified by humans into breeds and domestic and wild hybrids. Many such breeds recognized by various cat registries. Additionally, there are new and experimental breeds, landraces being established as standardized breeds, distinct domestic populations not being actively developed and lapsed (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cat_breeds | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.379826 |
7200 | Class action | Class Action}}
A class action, also known as a class action lawsuit, class suit, or representative action, is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of people who are represented collectively by a member or members of that group. The class action originated in the United States and is still predominantl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_action | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.409403 |
7201 | Contempt of court | Contempt of court, often referred to simply as "contempt", is the crime of being disobedient to or disrespectful toward a court of law and its officers in the form of behavior that opposes or defies the authority, justice, and dignity of the court. A similar attitude toward a legislative body is termed contempt of Parl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_court | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.425667 |
7202 | Corroborating evidence | }}
Corroborating evidence, also referred to as corroboration, is a type of evidence in lawful command.
Types and uses
Corroborating evidence tends to support a proposition that is already supported by some initial evidence, therefore confirming the proposition. For example, W, a witness, testifies that she saw X drive... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corroborating_evidence | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.428647 |
7203 | Cross-examination | }}
at the Doctors' Trial.]]
In law, cross-examination is the interrogation of a witness by one's opponent. It is preceded by direct examination (known as examination-in-chief in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, South Africa, India and Pakistan) and may be followed by a redirect (known as re-examination... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-examination | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.436426 |
7206 | Christiania | Christiania may refer to:
Businesses and organizations
Christiania Bank, a former Norwegian bank
Christiania Theatre, formerly in Oslo, Norway
Christiania Norwegian Theatre, merged in 1863
Christiania Spigerverk, a former Norwegian steel company
Places
Christiania or Kristiania, official names of Oslo (1624–192... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiania | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.438786 |
7207 | Charles d'Abancourt | '''Charles Xavier Joseph de Franque Ville d'Abancourt''' (4 July 17589 September 1792) was a French statesman, minister to Louis XVI.
Biography
D'Abancourt was born in Douai, and was the nephew of Charles Alexandre de Calonne. He was Louis XVI's last minister of war (July 1792), and organised the defence of the Tuiler... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_d'Abancourt | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.442181 |
7211 | Curtiss P-40 Warhawk | <!-- This article is a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout. -->
The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter-bomber that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Cur... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_P-40_Warhawk | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.529577 |
7212 | Creed | depicting Emperor Constantine (center) and the Fathers of the First Council of Nicaea (325) as holding the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381]]A creed, also known as a confession of faith, a symbol, or a statement of faith, is a statement of the shared beliefs of a community (often a religious community) which summ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creed | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.556692 |
7213 | Claudius Aelianus | thumb|Imaginary likeness of Aelian from a 1610 edition of the Varia Historia
Claudius Aelianus (, Greek transliteration Kláudios Ailianós; ), commonly Aelian (), born at Praeneste, was a Roman author and teacher of rhetoric who flourished under Septimius Severus and probably outlived Elagabalus, who died in 222. He spo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius_Aelianus | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.569048 |
7214 | Callisto (mythology) | Calypso|Calliste}}
(seated and wearing a radiate crown), the beautiful nymph Callisto (left), Eros and other nymphs. Antique fresco from Pompeii.]]
In Greek mythology, Callisto (; ) was a nymph, or the daughter of King Lycaon; the myth varies in such details. She was believed to be one of the followers of Artemis (Di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callisto_(mythology) | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.591903 |
7218 | Cookie | }}
A cookie (American English) or biscuit (British English) is a baked snack or dessert that is typically small, flat, and sweet. It usually contains flour, sugar, egg, and some type of oil, fat, or butter. It may include other ingredients such as raisins, oats, chocolate chips, or nuts.
Cookie texture varies from cr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.614775 |
7220 | Common Gateway Interface | thumb|The official CGI logo from the spec announcement
In computing, Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is an interface specification that enables web servers to execute an external program to process HTTP or HTTPS user requests.
Such programs are often written in a scripting language and are commonly referred to as CGI ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Gateway_Interface | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.622336 |
7222 | Choctaw | The Choctaw ( ) are a Native American people originally based in the Southeastern Woodlands, in what is now Mississippi and Alabama. The Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choctaw people are enrolled in four federally recognized tribes: the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Mississippi Band of Choctaw I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.643714 |
7224 | Calypso | Calypso, Calipso, Kalypso, Kalipso, may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Mythological and fictional entities
Calypso (mythology), a nymph who imprisoned Odysseus for seven years
Calypso (nymphs), various other nymphs
Calypso (comics), a Marvel Comics character
Calypso, a character in mythology novels by Rick Riord... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.653656 |
7225 | Chemical affinity | In chemical physics and physical chemistry, chemical affinity is the electronic property by which dissimilar chemical species are capable of forming chemical compounds. Chemical affinity can also refer to the tendency of an atom or compound to combine by chemical reaction with atoms or compounds of unlike composition.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_affinity | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.660646 |
7227 | Comet Hale–Bopp | | discoverer =
| discovery_site = United States
| discovery_date = July 23, 1995
| pronounced =
| designations = CJ95O010
| orbit_ref =
| observation_arc = 29.2 years
| obs = 66
| epoch = 15 September 2022 (JD 2459837.5)
| semimajor = 177.43 AU
| perihelion = 0.914 AU
| aphelion = 354 AU
| eccentricity = 0.99498
| p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Hale–Bopp | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.708894 |
7230 | Conspiracy | }}
, a secret plan devised in 1605 to blow up the Parliament of England. The plot was a failed attempt to regicide against King James I by a group of English Catholics. while keeping their agreement secret from the public or from other people affected by it. In a political sense, conspiracy refers to a group of people ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.716875 |
7232 | Cholistan Desert | | coordinates_ref =
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| border ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholistan_Desert | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.729925 |
7233 | Causantín mac Cináeda | | birth_date = 836
| death_date = 877
| death_place = possibly Inverdovat, Fife, Scotland
| issue = Donald II, King of the Picts/of Alba
| house = Alpin
| father = Kenneth I, King of the Picts (Cináed mac Ailpín)
| place of burial = Iona
}}
Causantín mac Cináeda (Modern Gaelic: ; 836-877) was a king of the Picts. He i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causantín_mac_Cináeda | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.747848 |
7234 | Constantine II (emperor) | | reign1 =
| reign-type1 = Caesar
| birth_date = 316
| birth_place = Arelate, Viennensis
| death_date = April 340 (aged 23 or 24)
| death_place = Aquileia, Italy
| burial_place | full name Flavius Claudius Constantinus
| regnal name = Imperator Caesar Flavius Claudius Constantinus Augustus
| dynasty = Constantinian
| ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_II_(emperor) | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.762657 |
7235 | Constantine II of Scotland | | death_place = St Andrews, Scotland
| issue = Indulf, King of Alba<br />Cellach<br />one or more daughters
| house = Alpin
| father = Áed, King of the Picts
| place of burial = Iona
}}
Causantín mac Áeda (Modern Gaelic: , anglicised Constantine II; born no later than 879; died 952) was an early King of Scotland, know... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_II_of_Scotland | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.787853 |
7236 | Constantine the Great | | predecessor = Constantius I (in the West)
| successor =
| regent |
|Galerius (306–311)
|Severus II (306–307)
|Maxentius (306–312)
|Maximian (306–308, 310)
|Licinius (308–324)
|Maximinus II (310–313)
|Valens (316–317)
|Martinian (324)}}
| reg-type = Co-rulers
| birth_name = Flavius Constantinus
| birth_date 27 Februa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.915362 |
7237 | Common Language Infrastructure | | version = Sixth edition
| version_date =
| organization = Developed by: Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, and others<br />
Standardized by: Ecma, ISO/IEC
| related_standards | abbreviation CLI
| domain = Common Language (Cross-platform)
| website = ,<br />
| long_name = ISO/IEC 23271:2012(E)
| first_published = (Ec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Language_Infrastructure | 2025-04-05T18:28:05.923451 |
7239 | Cricket World Cup | | last =
| next =
| participants = 14
| champions = (6th title)
| most successful = (6 titles)
| most runs = Sachin Tendulkar (2,278)
| most wickets = Glenn McGrath (71)
| website =
| current =
}}
The '''ICC Men's Cricket World Cup''' is a quadrennial world cup for cricket in One Day International (ODI) format, or... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_World_Cup | 2025-04-05T18:28:06.029581 |
7241 | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting | <!---->
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7242 | Chinese classics | }}
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|p=Zhōngguó gǔjí
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The Chinese classics or canonical texts are the works of Chinese literature authored prior to the establishment of the imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC. Prominent examples include the Four Books and Five Classics in the Neo-Confucian tradition, themselves an abridgment of the Thirteen Classics... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_classics | 2025-04-05T18:28:06.097724 |
7243 | Call centre | , England]]
A call centre (Commonwealth spelling) or call center (American spelling; see spelling differences) is a managed capability that can be centralised or remote that is used for receiving or transmitting a large volume of enquiries by telephone. An inbound call centre is operated by a company to administer inc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_centre | 2025-04-05T18:28:06.116756 |
7246 | Charles Messier | |birth_date
|birth_place = Badonviller, France
|death_date
|death_place = Paris, France
|fields = Astronomy
|workplaces |alma_mater
|doctoral_advisor |academic_advisors
|doctoral_students |notable_students
|known_for = Messier catalog
|author_abbrev_bot |author_abbrev_zoo
|influences |influenced
|awards = Cross of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Messier | 2025-04-05T18:28:06.147328 |
7247 | Cemetery H culture | –1300 BCE
|typesite = Harappa
|majorsites = Harappa<br/>Bhagwanpura
|extra = Extensive copper metallurgy<br/>cremation of human remains
|precededby |followedby Painted Grey Ware culture
}}
s (after EIEC). The Andronovo, BMAC and Yaz cultures have often been associated with Indo-Iranian migrations. The GGC (Swat), Ceme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemetery_H_culture | 2025-04-05T18:28:06.154946 |
7248 | Corrado Gini | | birth_name = <!-- if different from "name" -->
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Motta di Livenza, Veneto, Kingdom of Italy
| death_date =
| death_place = Rome, Italy
| death_cause | resting_place
| resting_place_coordinates <!---->
| other_names | siglum
| pronounce | citizenship Italian
| nationality | fields
| wo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrado_Gini | 2025-04-05T18:28:06.161904 |
7249 | Crankshaft | thumb|upright=1.2|Crankshaft (red), pistons (gray), cylinders (blue) and flywheel (black)
A crankshaft is a mechanical component used in a piston engine to convert the reciprocating motion into rotational motion. The crankshaft is a rotating shaft containing one or more crankpins, that are driven by the pistons via th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crankshaft | 2025-04-05T18:28:06.185628 |
7250 | CNS | CNS may refer to:
Science and medicine
Central nervous system
Clinical nurse specialist
Coagulase-negative staphylococcus
Connectedness to nature scale
Conserved non-coding sequence of DNA
Crigler–Najjar syndrome
Crystallography and NMR system, a software library
Color Naming System
Military
CNS (chemical we... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNS | 2025-04-05T18:28:06.188617 |
7251 | Central nervous system | The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting primarily of the brain, spinal cord and retina. The CNS is so named because the brain integrates the received information and coordinates and influences the activity of all parts of the bodies of bilaterally symmetric and triploblastic animal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_nervous_system | 2025-04-05T18:28:06.204646 |
7252 | Cell cycle | Cell Cycle (journal)}}
'') cells in different phases of the cell cycle. Growth in an 'organism' is carefully controlled by regulating the cell cycle.]]
The cell cycle, or cell-division cycle, is the sequential series of events that take place in a cell that causes it to divide into two daughter cells. These events in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_cycle | 2025-04-05T18:28:06.242453 |
7253 | Cartesian | Cartesian means of or relating to the French philosopher René Descartes—from his Latinized name Cartesius. It may refer to:
Mathematics
Cartesian closed category, a closed category in category theory
Cartesian coordinate system, modern rectangular coordinate system
Cartesian diagram, a construction in category theory
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian | 2025-04-05T18:28:06.249735 |
7255 | Connection (dance) | }}
In partner dancing, connection is physical, non-verbal communication between dancers to facilitate synchronized or coordinated dance movements. Some forms of connection involve "lead/follow" in which one dancer (the "lead") directs the movements of the other dancer (the "follower") by means of non-verbal directions ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connection_(dance) | 2025-04-05T18:28:06.252257 |
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